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Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, Illinois Department of Human Services
ArchivedSubmitted 05/12/2023
Updated 13 hours ago ()
- State
- IL
- Covered entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 50,839
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of breached information
- Network Server
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services , Illinois Department of Human Services, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a hacking attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 50,839 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers, and telephone numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards.
Change history
- Sep 23, 2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
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